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Topic: one handed games? (Read 530 times)

I've recently broken my arm and don't have the use of one of my hands. Can you guys give me suggestions on some PS1 or SNES games? turn based RPG's mostly. i'm a fan of the final fantasy series just looking for something to mix it up. Thanks in advanced guys.

Earthbound was specifically designed to be playable one handed. Left, specifically. The L button does most of the functions, and the Start button brings up the menu. It's also the best non-Final Fantasy SNES RPG.

I think the combats in Lennus were playable with only one hand. Don't know if the sequel plays the same because I played just once quite some years ago, and I have yet to replay it (it was a really nice game, as I remember).

Yeah, guess you'd have to stick with RPG's and strategy games(or as NERV Agent suggested, Visual Novels/Dating sims, or interactive fiction/text adventures) for the most part.

I mean you're here, but I still gotta say, hopefully you're using emulation, where you can reconfigure the controls to your liking.

I'd also hope you were maybe open to other consoles, I know it's not regarded for it's RPG's, but the Genesis has Phantasy Star IV(only go for IV, you may like the others, but they're archaic by comparison), or the Shining Force games.

I am sure someone would also be delighted to sell you a racing wheel with some foot pedals (I see them all the time in junk shops taking up loads of space and being there for months at a time). Most just function as normal controllers in a fancy shape, however in your case the pedals might open up a couple more options.

If you want to get fancier still you can probably slice the wire up and pipe it into something like a teensy or actually I saw custom kits going the other day for people to make arcade controllers from. Some options are screw terminals as well if you are not up to soldering.

I think the combats in Lennus were playable with only one hand. Don't know if the sequel plays the same because I played just once quite some years ago, and I have yet to replay it (it was a really nice game, as I remember).

It still allows you to Mash A To Win like every other RPG, though. (while the D-Pad is used to select menu options, it still allows to press A for selecting the menu options to "attack", "weapon" and "yes" for confirming turn selection)

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It still allows you to Mash A To Win like every other RPG, though. (while the D-Pad is used to select menu options, it still allows to press A for selecting the menu options to "attack", "weapon" and "yes" for confirming turn selection)

though most fights are too tough or too tricky to consistently rely on this strategy. magic is crucial in this game, and the difficulty is noticeably higher than your standard FF-fare.on a side note, i never really understood why they localised the name in such an odd manner. like, it's got nothing to do with anything. 'quest' is dubious at best, albeit somewhat understandable, but i can't think of a single instance where the word 'paladin' is being used anywhere within the script. it's like they forgot to change some kind of placeholder name or something.

If you want to get fancier still you can probably slice the wire up and pipe it into something like a teensy or actually I saw custom kits going the other day for people to make arcade controllers from. Some options are screw terminals as well if you are not up to soldering.

That's gonna be quite challenging considering he just recently broke his arm and can't use one of his hands.

That's gonna be quite challenging considering he just recently broke his arm and can't use one of his hands.

I don't know to what extent said arm is restrained. Sometimes it is not good for it to be there and extended for 5 hours to play a game but can be moved for 20 minutes to sort something, else it might also be that the plastic wrap comes over the thumb and makes it hard to hold a controller.At the same time it might take a bit longer but I have put together a few wired items one handed, upside down and in the dark. While two hands, or indeed three hands, is preferable for a lot of electronics fiddling you can still clamp things to the bench, change to a driver, unscrew, insert stripped wire, possibly make efforts to hold wire in, change back to driver and tighten. Would I do that for a 60 wire setup I am charging for? Probably not. Would I do that for a max 6 wire foot pedal setup, all while knowing it will be useful to me personally over the coming weeks and weeks of boredom? You bet.

Equally while getting someone to play a game for you might be a bit decadent you can probably make doe eyes and gingerly lift the busted arm (possibly with a few false starts) at someone that knows how to solder/turn a screwdriver and sort it that way.

Forgot to mention last time. If you are playing via emulation you might also be able to buy a wii joycon adapter (or a whole wiimote + a bluetooth adapter if necessary). I don't know how easy it will be to sort their internal motion/tilt sensors but they hold well in a hand (holding a controller for hours in one hand with gravity making a notable torque, have an analogue, a few buttons and possibly even a few premade scripts for things.